I realize that it has been several weeks after the first of the year and resolutions have already begun and perhaps some have already been accomplished. Yet, out of the numerous goals that I have made for myself this new year, is my aim to be more consistent with my writing and my poetry. …

In the past I have written about the reasons I write, my passion for the craft and my many literary influences. I believe that the true purpose of writing should not be for the audience but for oneself while at the same time the true essence, as Anais Nin once wrote, should be that “The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” …